Apparatus for lifting and tapping butts



Nov. 6, 1928'.

A. E. ADOLFSSON APPARATUS FOR LIFTING AND TAPPING BUTTS Filed Sept. 15,1924 Patented Nov. 6, 1928 A UNITED flNDERSjEDV-ARD ADOLF SS ON, I01?KORSNAS, SWEDEN.

APPARATUS .EOB LaIFTING ANQD uTAPPING .IBUTIS;

A pplication med September 15,.1924,*Seria1iNo.1737,90if2, and in SwedenApr i16,.1921.

The most usual wayof tapping'butts consists-in that the butt isJfirstplaced in an upright position so that a hole .may be bored in thebottom for the cock. After the cock has been inserted, the butt isplaced aside.

.in cold. weather, after all work, to get something out of the butt.Besides, it is impossible entirely to empty the butt in this way.

WVith the device constituting the object of the present invention allthese disadvantages are eliminated. The butt may thus easily be managedby a single person. The bottom of the butt need not be bored into piecesand the tapping may be effected through the bung hole which on accountof its being wider than the opening of a cock will permit the contentsof the butt to pass freelythrough the same, which contents for thatreason maybe entirely withdrawn from the butt.

The device according to the present invention is substantially arrangedin such a Way that it does not only carry the butt suspendedhorizontally or nearly horizontally, but also makes it possible torotate or to turn the butt thussuspended, for the purpose of tapping thecontents of the butt through the bung.

A suitable embodiment of the invention involves the arrangement ofendless ropes, chains, bands or the like as supporting members for thebutt, such ropes, chains, bands or the like being extended overrotatable pulleys, rollers or the like, embracing the butt and impartinga rotary action thereupon when the said pulleys, rollers or the like arerotated.

The annexed drawing shows an embodiment of the invention. Fig. 1 showsthe means for lifting and tapping butts, viewed in the longitudinaldirection of the butt, and Fig. 2 shows the same device, viewed from theside of the butt.

The means for lifting and tapping the butts or the butt-turner consistsof a base a to which two uprights Z) of any suitable construction aresecured, if only they are able to bear the axle 0 and its load. The axle0 runs in bearings e, and is provided with two fixed bearings eareadapted to be turned about the pivot pins g which are mounted in theupper endsof the uprights I). These bearings are connected 'to eachother by means of a lever h formed asa yoke or in some other suitableway, provided the bearings e are connected't-o each other. lVithregard'to the pins 9, the bearings a and the lever 'h consist of twoclouble-armed levers acting simultaneously when the butt is lifted orlowered. The lever system describedmaybe replaced by eccentric disksarranged on the bearings e, the. said eccentrics being mounted pivotallyin the same manner as the pins 9 in the upper ends of the uprights Z).The bearings may also be connected with each other and formed into apipe which latter is connected to acne-armed lever.

Closed bands i of suitable material run in he cord pulleys d, in whichbands the butt is suspended.

The apparatus is used in the following way: The butt to be emptiedusually by comparatively small quantities, according to the requirementsas for instance in dispensing lubricating oils, syrup and the like-'-isrolled up onto the inclined plane is of the base, so that the butt willremain lying on the top of the base. The lever h is then switchedoverthe' movement being about 180-whereby the cord pulleys d are loweredto an extent corresponding to the doulble distance between the centerline of the pinions g and the axis of shaft 0. The bands 2 are then slidover the ends of the butt, so that these bands will occupy the positionshown in the drawing. The lever 7L isthen passed backwards and suitablylocked. During the last-mentioned movement. of the lever 71, the butthas been lifted and is now suscord pulleyscl, as well as with a-crank f.The i pended in the bands. On turning the crank 7", the butt may beturned as desired andin such a way that the bung will be located on theupper side, in case the same was first directed downwards. Instead ofthe bung, a pipe, conduit or nozzle is placed in the bung hole throughwhich" the contents of the butt is tapped. It will then only be requiredslightly to turn the crank sothat the butt will occupy the desiredinclined position, and on the desired quantity havingbeen tapped, thecrank is turned in the opposite direction, so that the tappingceases.When, finally, the

butt contains so little, that tapping can take place no longer in themanner above described, a vessel is placed; under the butt, and thelatter turned by turning the crank, until the bung hole will be directedright down Wards, the butt being then entirely emptied.

The inclined plane, with the aid of which the butt is rolled up onto thebase, may "be i I advantageously constructed so as to be removable,whichis of importance especially in cases where httle space 18 athand'.

What. I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States of America is 111" an apparatus for tapping butts, the"conibination of two closed bands, block which the sheavesare mounted,means for sheaves supporting the hands, a shaft on rotatingthe shaft torotate the sheaves, bearings for the shaft having supporting partseccentric to the shaft, a base, an upright secured to one endjof thebase and provided 'tliebase and whereby a butt. can be raised to a"first position on the baseto facilitate the assembly of'the bandstherewith and to "befurther. moved by the chainsand lever mechanism to atapping position In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

.ANDERS EDVARD ADOLFSSQN.

